Word: pete
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...goal poloist in U. S. ranking, Tommy Hitchcock, at No. 3, and England's Gerald Balding, 9 goals, at No. 2, is named for the Manhasset estate of John Hay Whitney. He is the team's backer, and, although his handicap is only 5, its Back. Minuscule Pete Bostwick plays No. 1. On paper the strongest team in the tournament (31 goals) is Templeton, which had a first-round bye. It includes three of the four players who beat England at Hurlingham in June-Winston Guest at Back, Stewart Iglehart at No. 3, Michael Phipps...
...Pete was a pleasant-appearing, healthy, realistic Philadelphia boy who grew up in a neighborhood where he never had a chance. He spent a little time in a reform school, was mixed up in a few mild robberies, became a snappy dresser, a smooth dancer, a competent wisecracker, a good fighter who suffered the agreeable misfortune of being pursued by pretty, immoral girls who could not leave him alone. A shifty friend named Slavin got him a job in a bank, but just as Pete was beginning to get ahead, Slavin was arrested for theft...
Black Hope Haynes shuffled into Philadelphia about a year ago, inquired where he could find a boxing promoter's office. He was directed to Matchmaker Pete Moran. After one look at Haynes's powerful 6-ft. frame, a glance at his record of fights on the Pacific Coast, Moran retired as a matchmaker, became Haynes's manager. Since then, Haynes has had 14 fights, won ten of them by knockouts. Joe Louis knocked out Primo Camera in six rounds. Haynes did it in three last March. On the ground that this performance was worth repeating with more...
...melodramatics of the plot are handled with restraint and taste: exceptionally well done is the scene in which Julie's (Helen Morgan) husband discovers that she has negro blood, following her exposure by the malicious Pete. One of the best shots occurs when Ravenal sings "Only Make Believe" to his small daughter as he is about to desert her and Magnolia. This movie should not be missed...
Three goals by Alex Thompson gave the Yale lacrosse team a 5-3 victory over the Crimson here Saturday. With Pete Hunsaker, Jim Wood, and Bob Scott on the scoring end the home team put up a struggle...